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Non-Emergency Employees must notify their supervisor of their intent to use
unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework (if telework-ready). In accordance with
their agency's policies and procedures, subject to any applicable collective
bargaining requirements, non-emergency employees have the option to use:

Their flexible work schedule day off or rearrange their work hours under
flexible work schedules.

Telework-Ready Employees who are regularly scheduled to perform telework or
who notify their supervisors of their intention to perform unscheduled telework
must be prepared to telework for the entire workday, or take unscheduled leave, or
a combination of both, for the entire workday in accordance with their agency's
policies and procedures, subject to any applicable collective bargaining
requirements.

Emergency Employees are expected to report to their worksites on time
unless otherwise directed by their agencies.

Many agencies detail only minor impacts

Before OPM made the announcement, several agencies contacted by Federal News Radio
detailed only minor impacts from the storm and said they would be ready to open if
OPM made that decision.

Spokesmen for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Homeland
Security, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NASA and the Small
Business Administration said their headquarters were not damaged or didn't lose
power from the hurricane.

A DHS official said one tree fell at the Nebraska Avenue Complex, but it didn't
cause any damage and one storm drain became clogged and caused some parking spaces
to be inaccessible. But otherwise, DHS came through the storm unscathed.

A NASA spokesman said the Wallops Flight Facility off the Virginia coast reported
the initial assessment looks good with "a lot of trees down, but no significant
damage to facilities, launch pads or the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket first
stage, which has been undergoing testing at one of the pads. Engineers will make
more detailed assessments in the next few days."

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., suffered very minor damage
with some leaky roofs in a handful of buildings, according to a spokesman, who
said, overall, the center is ready to open.

The National Archives and Records Administration reported some minor leaks at its
College Park, Md., campus.

A spokeswoman said the agency "took several precautionary steps prior to Sandy's
arrival by pumping down sump pits and pre-deploying the flood gates ... Other
fixes put into place following the 2006 flooding (coffer dams and watertight
doors) seemed to limit water leakage to a minimal amount."

She said the power flickered but it wasn't lost and the building is ready to open
when appropriate.

Federal News Radio reached out to more than two dozen agencies with headquarters
or significant number of employees in and around Washington.

The Federal Executive Board in Baltimore has recommended that federal offices there
reopen Wednesday with unscheduled leave and telework options available to
employees.